In most cases, great music is collective. Just because someone has written a 'decent song' does not mean it's going to make a great recording. It takesWORK & THOUGHTwith the right creative people to accomplish this.

Hey Frank ... "LET'S TRY THIS!"

SINATRA/RIDDLE TWO MASTERS in the studio ...

Nelson's work made every great singer even better.

THISIS WHEN THE MAGIC HAPPENS!

We are firm believers that songs do not become famous without a lot of thought and aGREATarrangement.

"Thewordsare the hardest part to get right ." This man was the mostprolific Lyricist in American SONG.

As great asHAROLD ARLEN'Smelodies are - would his tunes be as famous without the great Lyricists he worked with?

Take heed of words that Stay in the Brain!

"BLUE MOON" - Rogers & Hart (1933) had different Titles and Words and was re-written lyrically several times until Lorenz Hart came up with this Title.

The Irving Gordon Standard"UNFORGETTABLE"was originally calledUNCOMPARABLE. The publisher asked Irving to change this to what it became. One word made all the difference.

"MACK THE KNIFE" - Kurt Weill 1928, laid pretty much in obscurity for 28 years! Several translations were done on the LYRIC. But it wasn't 'til MARC BLITZEIN'S words nailed it in 1954. And in 1956 Louie Armstrong recorded it this way. The rest is history.

Where are theNEWJazz Standards with Lyrics?___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

SomeWorld Contributionswrittenlong after Tin Pan Alley ended andROCK began by composers not known as musicians or performers. They are theHIDDEN HEROESof music.

Song Lyrics/ Jimmy Scalise aka CY GREEN

JAZZ VOCALISTS: "Any woman I loved mentally and emotionally has eluded me.If a song I wrote is about positive love - it was pure imagination. Being a firm believer for most of my life that anything outside of being in love, or the pursuit of that feeling, is absolutely secondary to everything else in life."

jimmy s

He's somewhere between Irving Berlin & Mose Allison .

(A master of the unrequited love song)

Using the word "love" in a song has been passe for quite sometime. Not with Cy - it's back! A man who has lost at it and is not afraid to use it. He has a soul bearing directness with words that cut to the core. He can also spin off politically incorrect lyrics without batting an eye, and the very next lyric can be written directly to GOD. Choosing thewrong singer for a 'Cy Green Lyric' is like asking Bruce Springsteen to do

Publishers of this material had little or no interest in his solicitations, NOT even letting him submit and therefore heard nothing.

He also worked on the lyrics to the tune "FRED" written by Neal Hefti. Upon writing Mr. Hefti for permission to send the lyrics to him, he received a gracious note from Neal saying "With all respect to you and Sammy Cahn, I cannot listen to your lyrics." Sammy had also written words to the tune and was at first turned down, but he eventually did get lyric credit.